The Sun. — London, England, 1808-06-22 00:00:00

w tit ed of c, ENLAND WIIALE FISHERV. The Henrietta, tS !SANS LEY, of Whitby, arrived at, that port oil Satiday . se'nuight, linni Greenland, with 21 tish, seven of them . in bulk, a full ship, supposed 180 tons of oil, Captain KuARSLEY brought the foil": lowing account of the success of the undermentioned Vessels, riL. Hull Manchester, nearly full; True love, 9 fish ;- Eggington, , and Ei/isyn, B . e'ach ; Sa rah and Elizabeth, 8, , three payable ;, six payable ; coakhall, 5 ; Wiz/ber, 3 fish. Grunsby.,—.Bernie, tilhed. NV hit by.— Volunteer,..holation, l3illiam and 4nn , and Lively, all well hilaed on t 20th May ; the last al)out 16'0 and t4o . tons of oil ; llimwetl, 8 fish, abuut ii 0 tons, in April ; Experiment, 5 hsli on 20til May. Peterhead.—Enterprize; full. . . _ . - 13:on, and James, of Liverpool, and the La. 13Na, Liverpool, ali w d 11311ei.1. The Henrietta lett thc on the kI2U M.iy. The Minerva, Captain Bunant., Greenland. Ship, of this port, was lo4t on the ice, uu ti;e t,tith May ; the crew were taken on board the Richard of this, port, and part of them have since arriveu at Whitby in the iieurietta. Thefat and lean corps of fashion, who crowd to the fetes given in ihe upper circles, have been classed by•a Recorder of Ton transadtions into "the extend ed. Circulfirences" and " the slim Perpendiculars." Lady BUCKINGHAM3HIRi has the honour of being at the Lead ut the former Broad Brigade, but we have not yet heard who is the Leader at the Lath Legion. Ha report which was formerly\ circulated respe&- ing AtvitAT be well-founded, it is possible that he may not be so entirely destitute of all natural Con nexion with Spain as people have hitherto' supposed. Itwas Confidently asserted, when YUJI AT first rose into notice, that he was a galley slay 7in France, and that be has actually the brand on the shoulder usually inflidecl on such culprits. Now it may be supposed that he is descended from one.of the galley slaves re leased by the memorable Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance, and that, therefore, though not abso lutely a Spaniard himself, he .may have had a long lin e of aricestors-distinguished for that species of he.; roistn which is rather punished by the law than ho noured by history. Yesterday evening the Loyal British Artificers, Lieutenant. Colonel Cocaina, were inspeCled in Hyde Park by . Lieutenant. Colonel JENKiNSON. Yesterday morning the second battalion of , the first, second, wid third regiments of Foot Guards *ere insrected by ,ttle Duke of CANII3n/DGE, in Hyde Patl, previout to their being reviewed by the Duke of Yoax, as Commander in Chief. _ . Yesterday morning the 12th regiment of Light Dragoons, commanded by his Royal Highnes4 the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, left Hounslow, and pasSed through town, on their route to Deal, horn where, it is supposed, they will proceed on foreign service. Mr. Riisa gave a s,rand Dinner yesterday at his hnuse in Old Palace - laid, to the E,arls of CAMDEN, WESTMORLAND, MALMSBURY, DALE, Lords FITZ/MI{4LS, BuaGguasT, and Messrs. CANNING, nyDER,p, . Mr. JONES having filially settled with Mr. SnEitz- DAN for a share of Drury-lane Theatre, left London Yesterd:iy for Dublin. Mr. T. StummAu, and Mr. JONES are to he Joint-Managers, 'and,the Theatre Will commence next season with increased Splendour and magniticenc. MT. COLMAN is vigorously proceeding " will) his ttuw m a y, which is robe a mixture of comic and serious incidents and characters, like his Battle of Perham, and other productions. He is certainly one of tho very bekt Dramatists of his day, and his vein of humour hITIII6 to be inexhaustible. Stind;ly afternoon, as several young men were /o wing a pleasure-niat t the River . , one of (hem, of the name: of 5a1115 3 . fell overboard th-ar 124.vicken ham, and was 4rowned. The body was found, and tiii;en to a receitin6 , house for Coroners 1nei:1,.3% Ml4,' NAVAL E , but LEI ag• Sir for :} l, du i 1! Ge v. , "ti it t io to A' ary a , c- Ile to Itl ca fe 10 116 i r , it 11) 15 I 2 II jl ,~ ,t 1- e No . arrivas from tilt! coast of Spain. :Prom the LONDON GAZETTE, :ine 21. 1805. Admiralty-Office, June 21, 1808. 'Copy of a• Letter from Lieutenant John Leach . , i caMt manding his 1114esty's Gun 7 ilrigCr acker, to ;Vice- Admiral Campbell, .Comnzander in Chid' of his Alajesty's`,Suips and Vessels in the Downs, dated • the izitta instant, and transmitted by the list-men tioned Utficer to the Hon. W. IP. SIR, I hate the honour to acquaint you, that in Stand ing towards the GallOper, I') esterday dis Covered an intith.nse—long Logiall Boat, vancli I immediately ma to sail atter, IA Lien, atter lour hours' Chace, I came up with twd captured. She proved to he the Frenco Privateer L'Ete, Captain Louis Pequan diere, belOnging to St. Vallery en Caux, last t out Calais, coast aiettcl iQ *VW sixteen oars, armed with small arms, and' had on board twenty-two wen, I feel happy in the capture of this Vessel, as she wus, when 1 nrst peiceived her, !Riveting near five English Merchant Vessels, which she must have Captured.. The Privateer had' been out two days and had not taken any thing. I have the honour to be &c. LE JOHN ACH , Lieuteilacit and:Commander. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 20.—Arrived th 9. Spanish Schoonet Carmelite, laden With salt, frOm Spain, cap. tured b the iimethyst Frigate. Sailed the ‘ fehlcruire, of 98 guns,. to join the Squadron under the command of Admiral Putty's, off Cadiz. zeeira .Sloop of War went out of harbour this rnorhing and anchored in the Sound. PoarsatouTu, JUNE 21. Sailed yesterday the .Deleuder with a convey for the Dawns. At rived this day the Cad►nus Gun ►brig, and Little Belt Sloop of War with a convoy from the DU WWI `COTTENBURG - 11 STocinot, Jorig `4.--►His Royai Majesty r"e ceived, the day before yesterday, the following Re port from General Baron ARMFELDT, Commander in Chief of the - Western Army, .dated Head-quar ters, Hohuedale, the agth May :-- " On the 25th inst. the Enemy strprised a psi tiOn of the Second Brigade,. and at first obtained tii e ada-antages over our troops. Some reinfOrce menii were ithruedialely ordered to join the troop attacked, but before they arrived the Enemy was repulsed with considerable loss. , " On the 21th', in the morning, Colonel Baitib tTitow was also attacked at his Head-quarters, at BergStroonr, but the •Enetny met .with such a warm receptton, that his plan, to destroy the magazines formed in and near that place, was completely (Its colicerted acid he retreated with the utmost con tusion." STOCKHOLM, JUNE o.—By a report made to his Royal Maj. sty i}y , Lleut.-Colonel JouNsoif, under date of the, 4th inst. it appears that Lieut. KOLMON, ith his division of Gun-boat, and Lieut. LAGE.RiI .YELM, who c=ommands the Schooner froja, proCeed on th 23d of last May to Korpstrom and Kil lin''aMiohn, and succeeded in lat4ding a detachment of Swedish Troops, which they had on. board, mid Whereby' a redoubt thrown up by the Russians was destroyed, and two pieces of cannon and 123 stand of arms were taken.—(Stockholut. Gazette, 811 i .Trine.) GOTTENBURGH, JUNE 10.—VariOus reports are iu citcujation here to , day,which cannot be traced to any source to be depended upon; one is, that Peace is,ne gotiating between this Country and the Danes, who are said to be heartily tired 'ot the exactions nvak irz upon them by the French in Holstein; an other is, that the Swedish Army is withdrawn from Norway.. General ARMFELDT, we learn, has 'been for some days in Sweden ; a short time will clear up these, matters. Lieutenant-General Sir Jowl Mosul, and the English Expedition, yet remain here, waiting very impatiently the return of Co kind MURRAY ICOLII England, in order to know their-dcstination. It- is said that within these few days a Danish Cutter has been blown up, Mt Bornholm, iu an en gagement with the English Cotter the Swan.— Monsieur ALonns, the Russian Minister, has b e en permitted to leave StoCkhohn, and to embark in a Swedish Frigate at Carlscrona, tbr one of the vorts in the Baltic. The Kussian Consul here is yet kept under a guard. GOTTLSBURGH, JUNE I I .—Yesterday arrived the Superb, English Man of Cff 74 guns, on board of which Miniral:KEA•rs has hoisted his Flag ; and this morning the Ajiicafne; Of .64 . gons, having on baud Colonel- MURRAY, with di.patches for Sir J. Mourt4. wlao, it is understocd, • sel utf to. mar row morning for Stockholm, accompanied by Gem MURRAY and others, fur 'the purpose of arranging a plan of operations tor the English army. A former ,Got tenburgh Mail brought 'us General BuxitovoeN's Proclamation to toe Finlauders, threatening every Finnish Officer who should fut. low•his countrymen out of Finland in their retreat with . the confiscation of their property, &c.; and the execution of the General's orders was given to Mr. WIBELWS, Governor of Ciropio. The follow lug is an Extract of a Letter &LIM the Governor of Cnopio to General BIakiOVDEN, dated 14th April, in answer to one he had received, referring him to the Proclamation in question : " Your EXcellency has in a letter of the 2d inst. ordered, that if, contrary to all expeetation, any Fit) nish Officer, serving ii) the Swedish Army ; Would follow that army in its retreat beyond the boanda ries of the conquered part of Finlan,d, and not make knoWt his return to the Governor of the Province on or betbre the• 26th instant, then, by virtue of the Proclamation of the 2t st March, the commission. add pay of such Officer should be disposed of for the account of the Emperor; and, secondly, that. all his property should be confiscated--tor which I MS to take the necessary steps. " Nov of this Proclamation I know nothing ; but your Excellency •has publicly, in the Dante of his Imperial Majesty, assured us that Our laws should be respetled, and enjoined me to protea, under the laws, all the inhabitants of the Province that did not disturb its tranquillity. Hence it folloWs . that I can not omit to mention that the above measure is in dire& opposition to our established law of 1734, where, in chap. xi. seat. 4, it is expressly . stated, that no person can forfeit the fight of another, .but thatevery one has to answer for himself. Thus, if the Officers whom duty aini allegiance now join to the Finnish army have. ferleited their property for a' crime hitherto unknown to than, it cannot be con swain with our law that their, wives and creditors should be punished fur the offences Of their hus bands and debtors, or that they should lose their right. The confiscation which you have ordered me to execute fills the whole country with.despair. " I request your Excellency's justice and gene rosity to refietfil on, the sufferings which this mea sure would inflict on so many innocent families in Finland. " Your' Excellency knows the laws of honour : you have aCquirrd rotten celebrity, and surely you could not resped a nation that did not value Justice, honour, and virtue. • -" It is my sacred duty to keep order, and to de fend every one under the laws, and that I wish to dp, as an honest man, to the last.; but it that is no longer possible, then my conscience shall 1(Jl0w me to misfortune, to beggary, or the grave; and al though Worn out as I am throng)) more than thirty years of arduous service, and borne down by cares and sorrows, it is my consu:ation that I shall not go off the stage with execration. " WIDELIVS." " CiioPio o April 14, 1808." After Cupio was taken by the Swedes this an swer was wade known ; and the King has rewarded the Governor for his zeal and good services, and made him a Nobleman, tis we see hoot the Stock holni Gemette of the 2d of June. BUXI-10VDLN'S Procl amat i on o f the vist of March indicates that the Russians trusted that all Finland was covivered, and that the Swedish army would withdraw to Sweden. ‘1? 1 1101)211I. ," BORT SPAIN, APRIL r, IS S. 1. • et Having ourselves suffered most severely, in the late dreadful fire, and having consequently very, feW mar erioli and, implements of our trade to exhibit a faithtid, or lay a corre& detail befoie the public of this melancholy, event, our task is .at once painful and difficult. .Such, however, as our means, and however dismal may be ourprospe6fs',. and, shockitig ottr refleaiens upon what has passed before us, we shall undertake it, trusting to an extension of that kind indulgence with which our labours' have been ever. 6voured by the cotinnunity. . . Between ten and eleven o'clock on the night of the 24th ult. the inhabitanta Of this town were suddenly awoke by the drun,is beating, the bells ringing the alarm. Fire was soon Yound to be the cause, and the house of Dr.•Selta‘;v; in Frederick of the narrowitst, ino,t populous, and built 'altogether of timber, the focus trorn 'whence the conflagration issued, threatening, its impetu- t °any, devastation all arbund. a The fire from the inflammable and combustible 'materials of Dr. Scfiaw's shop, in which were stored quantities of nitre, 'sulpher, ether, and Other rectified spirits, and essential oil. soon raged with inconceiv able violence : and diveri;lng from that focus in every direCtion, the whole of that street; togethet , - wit!) Henry-street on the East, Chacon-street on the West, and King and Queen•streets on.the North and South; Were soon enveloped in the clevouiing‘ element and to those who had titrie.to refle6t, afforded' a melancholy presage of the total destruc tion of the town. The terror which took possei sion of :the unfortunate tenants and proprietors of, this neighbourhood is not to be described, nur can fancy paint a scene of such astonishment and dis may. a They were yoused froth their sleep to behOld the vet); flames bursting into their chamber windowi, and had but sufficient time to abandon all and save their lives.• The screams 'of the women and chil dren runniog dktraciedly through, the streets, in searchof a place of safety—:-the neighing, or rather squallug of luzirses and mules, many of which were burned to death in their stables-and the loud ►►nd frequent reports of butts of spirituot4 liquors and 1 gun-powder as the fire reached them,, all togeth ,t formed an assemblage of horror, as awtul as it was terrific. • Of livei we have not heard of any beiii lost, except a negro ofMr. Sandes, the vendne-tnets' ter, whose' house was contiguous to the spot where • the lire originated, and a grenadier of the 37th, • who generously devoting himself to save th e °la child, suceedW in the attempt, bill was so seetched as since. to have died of his sutierieg4. g• The Pump Company with' the water-engines did every thing that could be•expected frOm them to stop the progress' of the flames; bet from the number of years that the town, through a variety of hiizards, had escaped, and the', late uncommon wet weather, which had lulled the inhabitants into se curity, people were oft' their guard, and' the machi nery of every class attached to •that establishment had been neglected ; the want of water tvas another difficiffty ; the wells . only furnished the little that was procured, but those were soon drained or became inapproachable by the excessive heat of the houses and paling on fue'around them. We will venture tr, quantity of water a dozen such engine as ours, well served and well furnished, could [taut:: thrown, would have been totally useless and unavailing to extinguish or even arrest the iinpetdosity of a conflagration such as we have been a v itness to, atter it oece got. head. " His Excellency the Governor, with the Oftcerx of the Staff, and working parties from the 37th and Bth, were , early at the scene of action; but , al though their c►forts were vi►;orotis, and behaviour orderly and meritorious, under his Ekeelleney's Or ders, it was all infruttous ; human art or exertion could do nothing agmnst the progress of such a tor. • relit of tire; continual:y renewed and excited by fuel of such inflammable Matter. When day broke, and the smoke which ho vered over the ground,- and could not ascend from its own density, had cleared away by the morning 'breeze, a• view of desolation presented itself to us not to be described a large and populous- town, Which, but a: few ;tours before, bore the second rank in out Windward Island possessions, had va nished, and nothing remained but stacks of chim nies and walls . in ruins; not an atom of any thing inflammable escaped, and in many places,bottles and glass ware, and, even pot metal, were toned to have been in a state of On taking an account of the extent of the damage, .With the plan of the town in hand, we find that twelve squares or blocks have been entirely consumetOtodt nine partially; Making an ensemtle of 435 principal houses or stores with the fronts to the sheets, besides back stores and out-offices, which tnay be estimated at four times that number at least, and the whole, at a moderate calculation, . worth 3,500,000 dollars, the lodging or properly of about WO persons, who are now in the,streets, and tritaOrs of them totally destitute. Of the va lue of the -merchanclize, produce, and etleas de stroyed, we can at present form no idea,; but Go vernment has called for the account of every person's loss upon oath, which will exceed, we think, half a tttillion Sterling. " Of the pblic bUildings.not One has been saved. The Griv-rt.iocaL-lieuse, the Custmn-houSe, the the 1% - westaitt Church; the (.;aol, the Town-hall, an& a part of the . Public Archives and the Trertsurer ()dices, all have fallen a sacrifice to the flames. ALA - fortunately the Commissaries' stores and King's provisions were.by great exertion saved; and to this source of life many now owe, in a great measure, their subsistence, it having Pleased his Excellency tQ proclaim martial law, and, with his usual goodneis and humanity, to Order rations to be issued to the Militia as in 'times ot actual war tare: all the . tents 'which could be spared in the garrison havebeen pitelie,t in Brunswick-square, to lunge the. unfortunate Stlifcrel s, aho have neither !rouse nor home, and they ate numerous. On the part of Our Government, every meastire that could contribute to atlevrate the misery has liten taken, watt a precision and promptitude %% inch dyes ins Excellency tutiuite pr;:sses hate been sent to the neighbouring Culo• ttie,, to tier, Spanish Main, and to the Uniteo 'States, lot bUPplik:S. A Committee of h:s 111i9esty's mid or the principal inhabitants, leas newt ain4 to receive donations of every kind .that can Usetut, and distribute' to thOqe Min* are in rations of breatt, flesh; and h,h anal even fresh beef to, the infirm, whickare purchibed up by the Committee. fronts a private sub,criptiott opened for the relielofthe stlre fers, at ',the head of whi c h stands his Excellency's 'nanie,:and that of the leOtor of his Majesty's Customs;Grat e Esq. for 1000 i! ,sterling each—an eKilmpie of mu nificence 'worthy the imitation of the ch :ritable anti humane, to whom it .has pleased-God to di 'pease . the blessings of wealth or indei,endeoce, ~With re- Speci to the source of tliis theadfol calamity, s e hate not only, the concurrent te,timooy oflll7'.nhabitants of Frederick 7slrt . .'et, who were most contiguous to the flames, but of Dr.',SchaW himsCdf, who has confess.. ed before, authority, that the first knowledge he had of the fire was of its bursting in at the windo.as' of hiS back gallery from l'he out-otfic.es in ; but by what means lijs out-oflices (taught tire is all citi , icalure. We firmly and religiously belie that there was nodesign immediate or premeditated itt the' atnir: it wa.; undoubtedly owing to aucidetv, and that 'is the bt!st. face we can put,upon it. A town opulent and floori ;HT, and an,immense property, has been destroyed ; it is of little consequence to the Sufferers to be informed how it happened . ; the pitied . is done, and there is no remedy ; but it i at least satisfadory to—be assured' that evil desiit had no.hand in it." ' Mil - 01M/, JuNE 18. , , The outwaru-ho4nd Mediterranean Fleet, con sisting of wore than tuo Sail. ot . Transtiorts an 4 Victual!era, under convoy of his Majesty's Ships Belle Poule, Capt. BtfisEANg, and Plato, Captain JANVERIN, ha‘re put into our roads by contrary WindS; they formed a knost •pleasibg sight to the. town, and much gratification to our fashionable visi tants, Yesterday -being a charming day, numerous water parties were formed, and the Bay covered wii b plea sure boats sailing round the fleet ; the %Omit: day was a scene or bustle and gaiety by the coining on shore of multiplicity of Passengers and. Otti - ::ers of the army, on their passage to join their respecliTe Yvg inlet) s. : . • The great number of boats tliiit are row nto - and trout the town, give it the appearance of a be siegeci garrison, and it being market day, the produc , tious of our excellent market was put in a state cif immediate- requisition, and sent on board the differ ent ships. The balance account of arrivals and departdres in the course of the present mouth, is greatly in favour at the former, as will appear in course; and the rumour of a camp to be fanned near this toivu the latter end of July, is still afloat. Among the niany improvements of this place may be justly noticed its ample snpply di good wat er conveyed hither in pipes from the Spring Head, a distance of near .five miles : our situation in the Channel ,is such, that Government, a few years age; sent their Surveyor to Portland and round this wait, to discover. where.his Majesty's Ships of War may coliveniendy water, but did not succeed. This valuable acquisition is now completely •ac ? complished; a great number, cif ships yesterday made up their deficiency of water for their voyage ; the casks were filled in the boats in the harl) 9 , l r, laying alongside the qufty;by a communication the main pipe, fitted up by Mr. HARVEy, maniget. of the . concern, with Rich judgment, as to cause five large casks to be filled in, the course .4* ten minutes, affording the greatest facility in acco , ntno:fating hia Majesty's Ships of War, and preserving the health of our brave seamen, as well as adding a substantial comfort to the town at large. The Countess of Darer4OUTH'S.public breakfast; at Blackheath, 'on Monday last, 1,63 a chef' d'oeuvre. Although the company was not so nninerous as we stated yesterday, they combined all the leading in terests in the higher circles of fashion. Dancing coin. , ' tnenced on the lawn, where 100 couple led tattle. second dance, " The Labyrinth." airing the time of the merry dance, the Princess OrWALEs'and the Duchess of Bautsswicit Sat under a state rnarqueiF, wherein 'they saw 'what passed without being incotri moded by the heat of the sun, ett% 'The PrineesS was superbly attired in a variegated gold-colUered silk, with' a black lace veil, embrpidered' with gold, covering the head, and extending to the ground. A Gentleman (one of our leading whips) afforded an infinity of amtnienent,, by appearing dressed in striped silk coat, the exaa prototype of Lord Foppington's, in the play; and exclaiming to' all who noticed the singularity of his appearance— " If you laugh at me, you know I can 'also laugh ;le you, and so we are upon an equality at least'!" ,Ir was one of the most pleasant treats the season has yet afforded, and gave universal satnifa6tion. The Brig Peggy, from Waterford,. arrived at NewfoUndland on the eed ult. On the 4th,, in lat. .4g, 10ng.,25, she was boarded by a French Brig Prii vateer, the Capiain of which. informed them, that . he had coptbred 13 vessels in the latitude at the North Channel- - (from whence be was on his reitirp from a cruize), most of them from% Liverpool and Scotland, bound to North Ameriea ; seven of thiNii lie had sent tor France, the rest he had destroyeAL The Peggy, having upwards of 50 pissengers, and being of little value, was tttlo.vedtp proceed, after being plundered of some provisions. • FOOT RACE.•---Oli Monday evening a foot race took place op Kennington COMIOOII, tor a wager of t o guineas, in. the presence of a number of,speeta- : tors, between one Webb, a boot-closer, and Samuel, a' footman in the service of a GentlemM's family at Walworth. They rat nearly equal for the first Rio yards, when the footman took tie lead, and seem ' , ingly.won without much ditliculty. A few evenings since; as Dutch Sam, the noted pugilist, was In company with a (air pugilist of the name of Jane Egg, at Gray , street, St. George's" fields, spending the tvening at a public-house in that quarter, some ditferencit arose between the pities, Which came to blows. The -Lady maintained the contest during seventrounds 1.vi)11 great spirit, but last the combatants were ported by their frielids., has since obtained a warrant against. his ant:T,onii.'t i . who, at the same Owe got oat= against loin, and this reciprocal charge of assault and battery is not yet de cided. OA Friday last an assemblage of weave 0 took place at Wood's Moor, near 'Stockport ' tut, oh th. 2 appro tel t ola large party of Coasu4blt,,t,feut tLe ter WWII, they quiOily dpersed.